As educational institutions have limped back to normal functioning, examination season has started at many prominent universities to bring delayed academic sessions on time and clear accumulated pending exams before admitting new students.
On July 17, the University Grants Commission (UGC) had directed all varsities to hold pending exams by August 31 and complete the admission process for the new academic session by September 30.
Following the directives, Patna University, Patliputra University, Nalanda Open University, Lalit Narayan Mithila University prepared schedules for holding final exams for various undergraduate (UG) and postgraduate (PG) courses.
Patna University, which commenced final year exams on Tuesday, would finish exams this month.
PU’s dean of students’ welfare, Anil Kumar, said, “The university has already commenced final year exams for regular UG students, which would conclude on August 31. After that, the third-semester exam for PG students will be conducted from September 4 to September 18.”
“All Covid-19 safety protocols are being followed at exam centre”, he added.
Similarly, Nalanda Open University (NOU) is all set to clear backlogs from August 26.
As per NOU officials, final examinations being conducted in April were postponed due to rising Covid-19 cases.
“Students of UG and PG have already written their four to five papers while a few are left. We have notified the new schedule to conclude exams by the first week of September. Exams for BA will begin from August 26, while MA exams will begin from August 27. We are likely to conclude final exams by September 4,” said an official of NOU.
Darbhanga-based LNMU is also set to hold final exams for BA, Bcom and Bsc from August 28 to September 15.
Meanwhile, students are relieved to take exams and prevent further delay in completion of their courses. Ayushi Kumari, a PG student at NOU, said, “I enrolled myself in MA course in 2019-21 session. I would have completed my course this year but, I am stuck in the first year.”
